Publications - Conference Proceedings

There are two main mid-term issues related to the problem of anageing population. One, recently more visible in the fiscal field, is related to the effects of ageing on raising the public expenditures, pensions, health care and other social services covered by the social system. There are several measures currently being taken in this respect by the governments – introducing the two pillar pension systems, decreasing the pension replacement rate, increasing the age of retirement, etc… Finding an optimal policy mix to a sufficient and sustainable development is one of the main governmental challenges of these days. Second, less visible but in mid-term even more crucial, is the effect of ageing at the national and European labour markets. Ageing of the labour force, uneven distribution of the education levels within the age groups, skill obsolescence, diminishing low skilled labour force, healthy ageing and increasing participation of the older on the labour market are some of the main issues that need to be assesed with relation to the sustainable development. Some countries are currently suffering (or will suffer within the current decade) the decrease of the total labour force and the total population. Nowadays, an increasing number of countries are aware about this issue and are looking for a tailor made approach. The international scientific conference organized by the Institute of Economic Research, SAS and the OECD in Smolenice, Slovakia, on 28th - 30th October 2013: Impact of Ageing on Public Finances and Labour Markets in EU Regions, offers the academic grounds for the discussion of aforementioned issues from various perspectives and helps to find appropriate measures dealing with forthcoming challenges. Scholars and experts from various academic and research institutions from 7 European and 2 American countries will draw the attention on the future impact of ageing population on the labour markets, the international trade and the public finances.